I know on top of everything else a wedding video is a luxury at a wedding. But it's one of the things I would put on the essential list. Even if it's a friend videoing on their mobile phone. 

When we lost 2 of our best friends in a tragic accident I remember having a conversation with their wives about how important video is, because you can't hear voices in photos.

I love being able to listen to our speeches, years after and hearing people's laughter. 

My sister had a wonderful video, complete with the church service and all the speeches. Rich kindly made them an edited down version.  A 3 minute fairytale of the day.  

I could watch it over and over. A glorious day in every way. 

Have a peek. 

Every Wednesday I post to raise awareness for The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation, a charity who organise and fund weddings for terminally ill people. 

Imagine how important a video is to those couples. 

£5 could mean covering the petrol for a videographer to travel to a wedding. And suddenly from just 5 readers of this blog donating £1, the happy couple could have a video to cherish forever. 

So if you can, donate just £1. 

Happy Wednesday everyone. Doesn't a lovely wedding just put you in a good mood?! 

Weddings are emotional. Even the ones where everyone holds it together and nobody cries. 

We've been to weddings where the grooms could hardly speak for tears, so overcome with emotion and love for the woman standing before them and ones where I have been in floods of tears myself.

I love that you can bring emotion and sentiment into every aspect of a wedding. 

No more so than in these wonderful creations by one of our bestest friends. 

Timeless bouquets you can pass down from generation to generation. 

I wish I had known about these when we got married. I have several pieces of jewellery from my Granny I would have loved to have incorporated into my bouquet. I actually wore my Grandpa's mother's L pin inside my dress on my day, as I was named after her. 

I gave the same pin to my brother on his wedding day. 

It made me feel they were with me, with us. 

I am so proud of my friend for starting her business, creating these masterpieces. 

There is so much time and effort involved in each one, and each one bespoke to that special bride.  

I am so happy to say that Timeless Bouquets have offered to donate one of these magnificent bouquets to a lucky bride benefitting from the help of The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation.  

For the brides and grooms helped by this incredible charity, emotion is a given at their weddings. That when one of you is terminally ill, having that magical moment to walk down the aisle, which may have seemed like an impossible dream, could be the most emotional moment of your lives.

I think it's so special to be able to use sentimental bits and bobs to create something spectacular. That when lovingly pieced together by someone with talent, can create a new family heirloom for generations.

Take a moment to like Timeless Bouquets on Facebook (it's great to support new start ups) and take another to donate whatever you can to The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation. £5 can mean crossing off a wedding cake (to cover petrol). Every tiny bit helps so spare £1 and do your good deed of the day.  

Please leave a comment if you are interested in more details/prices. This is a bespoke service and one that deserves individual attention. 

These beautiful bouquets can even be matched to your colour scheme! 

Last night was a huge night in the wedding blog industry calendar. 

It was the 2013 Wedding Magazine's Wedding Blog Awards hosted in London at The Ritz and attended by the most influential bloggers in the UK. 

In the winners list were some wedding blogs I read like wonderful coffee table magazines, even though there won't be a wedding to (hopefully - I will be the mother in law to be eek), help plan for at least 20 odd years and some that were totally new to me that I can see becoming firm favourites.

All divine, all full of inspiration for weddings and beyond. The creativity in these sites and the determination and drive of the people behind them is so admirable. 

Congratulations to all the winners!

From top to bottom, left to right; 

Best Newcomer Blog - Wedding Sparrow

Best DIY Wedding Blog - BrideDeForce  

Best Alternative and Best Real Life Weddings Blog  - Rock n Roll Bride 

Best London Blog - London Bride 

Best Flowers Blog - Flowerona

Best Wedding Style Blog - Love my Dress

Best International Blog - Style me Pretty 

Winner Editor's Pick - Before the Big Day 

Best Inspiration Blog - Brides up North 

Check them all when - you won't be disappointed - they are award winners after all! 

There were also a number of fantastic blogs who received highly recommended accolades. You can see the full list here. 

I would so love to one day see The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation up with those amazing sites. 

The work they do is unique, inspirational and in one day they can achieve so much that effects people for the rest of their lives.

Take a minute to look at the work they do helping terminally ill couples get married. And if you have another minute donate £1. 

I hope you will see one of their weddings featured on one of the awards winners' sites soon, to give them even greater exposure, so more people can help raise much needed funds. 

Well done Naomi, I hope all your efforts are recognised and rewarded by the industry again this year.